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Angel Investment

Venture Capital and SEIS and EIS Angel Equity Investment Legal Terms

June 15

A guide to common UK legal terms and concepts relating to raising VC and angel equity investment.

How To Apply For SEIS And EIS Advance Assurance

November 11

A guide to successfully applying for SEIS and EIS advance assurance from HMRC.

Angel Investment Term Sheet

June 16

A sensibly balanced and founder friendly term sheet that is particularly suitable for raising an equity investment round for SEIS tax relief.

How To Raise Angel Investment

October 31

A report of our last Pivotal Tribes event at Google Campus, this time on how to successfully raise angel investment.

Lessons From Startup Failures

August 14

Entrepreneurs discuss with an audience at Campus how and why startups fail.

Shareholders Agreement Questionnaire And Checklist

June 19

A checklist of all the main points to consider for inclusion in a shareholders agreement.

Angel Investors in London and the UK

May 22

Some advice from angel investors about raising a round of approximately £500k in the UK.

How to allot and issue new shares in a UK limited company

March 15

A straightforward guide to issuing new shares in a UK company.

How to carry out a successful crowdfunding campaign

October 28

Some of the main points to consider in order to run a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Pivotal Tribes Startup Investors Forum at Google Campus

August 24

An overview of the last Pivotal Tribes event where experienced startup investors and intermediaries held a Q&A session with startups.

Happy customers

Both Andreea Rusu and Simon Brooks worked tirelessly in a timely and transparent fashion while securing advance assurance for my company. Their knowledge was impeccable and they kept me fully informed at everything juncture while offering me appropriate advice when required and where always available to address any questions or queries I had.I found them both to be utterly professional while being a pleasure to deal with and won’t hesitate to use them again going forward.

Simon Kay

15:07 29 Nov 20

Exceptional experience. After being badly let down by another company, it was refreshing to deal with such professionals. I felt confident in the service throughout and the reassuring regular contact left me feeling I was in safe hands. The Jonathan Lea Network helped me secure my EIS status and they did it a lot faster than I had expected. I would certainly recommend and would be happy to speak with potential customers of The Jonathan Lea Network if anyone needs an Independent review of them. Absolutely over the moon with the service and success of the application. Top notch!

Chris Laing

13:44 21 Jun 19

I contacted recentley Jonathan Lea Lawyers Services regarding a T&C’s and Policy for a medical practice. Andreea Rusu was in charge with the work and she was very professional, knowledgable, polite, friendly and update me with each step of the process. Also, I got in contact with some other people from the team and they were brilliant. A BIG Thank You for your guidance and help!Definetley recommended!

Calin Gagea

18:05 18 Nov 20

Thank you very much Sarah Lungley and Andreea Rusu for assisting swiftly, clearly and professionally with our EIS advance assurance. Always a pleasure to deal with the team at JLN!

Dan Roman

14:25 10 Jun 21

Can't recommend this team highly enough. Very straightforward and approachable, Kent Reynolds and Sarah Lungley sorted our dispute with an ex-employee with great efficiency and a pragmatic approach. I will definitely return to this firm in the future.

Mandy Marshall

10:05 01 Sep 21

Matt Moorton did a fantastic job tightening up our staff contracts and handbook to improve our confidentiality and intellectual property clauses. The language used in our new social media policy and the introductory letter struck the perfect balance of being both firm yet friendly.

Oliver Stockton

16:08 20 Nov 20

Andreea Rusu from JLN did an excellent job on getting our SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance and the compliance statements. She is very detail oriented and knows the process very well and asks all the right questions. We got the Advance Assurance in a record two weeks and the compliance statements in almost the same time. I highly recommend Andreea and overall The Jonathan Lea Network.

Liliana Reasor

19:25 18 Feb 21

Very helpful and responsive. It’s always a pleasure dealing with Jonathan, he is knowledgeable and pragmatic. He gets the job done and exceeds expectations.

Gina Leung

14:21 27 Feb 18